> He all when i run help >> software updates
>> find and install I get the
> following popup alert error (shows two times in a row):
>
> Error retrieving "feature.xml". [ error in opening zip
file ]

Hmmm, haven't seen this error before. Could you try doing
this again,
then looking at the error log and seeing if it shows anything
interesting? You can get to the error log by doing Help >
About Eclipse
SDK, clicking on Configuration Details, then clicking on
Error Log.

There was a lot in there let me know if you want me to email
you the entire file.

here's the bix about the feature.xml

!ENTRY org.eclipse.update.core 4 0 2006-06-05 16:50:05.751
!MESSAGE Error retrieving "feature.xml". [error in opening
zip file]
!STACK 0
java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
at
org.eclipse.update.core.JarContentReference.asJarFile(JarContentReference.java:142)
at
org.eclipse.update.core.JarContentReference.unpack(JarContentReference.java:166)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.core.FeaturePackagedContentProvider.getFeatureManifestReferen ce(FeaturePackagedContentProvider.java:77)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.core.FeaturePackagedFactory.createFeature(FeaturePackagedFact ory.java:39)
at org.eclipse.update.core.Site.createFeature(Site.java:515)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.model.SiteWithTimestamp.createFeature(SiteWithTimestamp.java: 81)
at
org.eclipse.update.core.FeatureReference.createFeature(FeatureReference.java:117)
at
org.eclipse.update.core.FeatureReference.getFeature(FeatureReference.java:105)
at
org.eclipse.update.core.FeatureReference.getFeature(FeatureReference.java:92)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.model.DiscoveryFolder.initialize(DiscoveryFolder.java:64)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.model.DiscoveryFolder.getChildren(DiscoveryFolder.java:147 )
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.SitePage.getAllSiteBookmarks(SitePage.java:521)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.SitePage.access$11(SitePage.java:517)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.SitePage$9.getElements(SitePage.java:285)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.getRawChildren(StructuredViewer.java:848)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer.getRawChildren(TableViewer.java:1086)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.getFilteredChildren(StructuredViewer.java:790)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.getSortedChildren(StructuredViewer.java:905)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer.internalRefreshAll(TableViewer.java:798)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer.internalRefresh(TableViewer.java:748)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer.internalRefresh(TableViewer.java:737)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$7.run(StructuredViewer.java:1264)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.preservingSelection(StructuredViewer.java:1201 )
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.CheckboxTableViewer.preservingSelection(CheckboxTableViewer.jav a:289)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.refresh(StructuredViewer.java:1262)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.refresh(StructuredViewer.java:1221)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer.inputChanged(TableViewer.java:698)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ContentViewer.setInput(ContentViewer.java:248)
at
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.setInput(StructuredViewer.java:1417)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.SitePage.createViewer(SitePage.java:296)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.SitePage.createContents(SitePage.java:153)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.BannerPage.createControl(BannerPage.java:41)
at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.Wizard.createPageControls(Wizard.java:179)
at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createPageControls(WizardDialog.java:611)
at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createContents(WizardDialog.java:502)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:418)
at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:996)
at
org.eclipse.update.internal.ui.wizards.ResizableInstallWizardDialog.create(ResizableInsta llWizardDialog.java:38)
at
org.eclipse.update.ui.UpdateManagerUI.openInstaller(UpdateManagerUI.java:52)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.update.InstallWizardAction$1.run(InstallWizardAction.java:47)
at
org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:69)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.update.InstallWizardAction.openInstaller(InstallWizardAction. java:45)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.update.InstallWizardAction.run(InstallWizardAction.java:41)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:246)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPluginAction.runWithEvent(WWinPluginAction.java:223)
at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionI tem.java:538)
at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:488)
at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java :400)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:843)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3125)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2758)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1699)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1663)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:367)
at
org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:103)
at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:226)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:376)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:163)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:334)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:278)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:973)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:948)

Hey Jonese
You are trying to install CFEclipse not the Adobe cf plugins,
right? I beleive it is an issue with the CFEclipse plug in itself
since we have seen this is an issue when you have a fresh version
of Eclipse()i.e. no FB in the picture. We have a few emails out to
the CFEclipse folks and are waiting to hear back.

Jonese, from the error log you posted earlier, it looks as if
the error arises while the Update Manager is trying to read the
feature.xml file. Would you copy and paste the contents of your
feature.xml file here?

After you unzip the update site, look in the features folder.
You should see one or more jars there (how many do you see?), and
if you unzip a given feature jar, you should be able to get at its
feature.xml file.

If there's more than one, but not too awfully many, perhaps
paste them all here for comparison.

Thanks for posting your feature.xml file yesterday. We're
investigating this with the CF team, and will let you know what
sort of solution we find. In the meantime, your approach of
dropping the CF plugins in manually seems like the best workaround.

I too have been receiving this error after installing the CF
Extensions for Flex Builder B3. To eliminate this error, I removed
the site.xml file that is unzipped into the root directory. Doing
this will remove the error and allow the Software Update Interface
to function correctly, but you can no longer access the CF
Extensions.